IBM Hakozaki Facility () in

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-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku,

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, Japan, is IBM's largest building in Japan, in terms of the number of people working there. It mainly houses IBM's marketing and market support departments, and since October 2009 headquarters, which moved from

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, Tokyo. It was built for IBM in 1989.

General description

IBM Hakozaki Facility is located at 19-21 Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on the right bank of the

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. It houses mainly IBM's marketing and systems engineering departments, and is IBM's largest facility in Japan, in terms of the number of people working there. Because of the seminars and demonstrations of the latest products and services frequently held there, it is also familiar to many users and potential users of IBM. Its main building was completed in 1989, designed by Takenaka Corporation, and is owned and leased by Mitsui-Soko,

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's warehousing & distribution company.Details of IBM Hakozaki Building
(in Japanese) The building complex also houses cafeterias, restaurants, a post office, a bookstore, a gym and a

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house.

Access

The facility can be accessed from

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on the

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Ningyōchō Station is a subway station on the (operated by Tokyo Metro) and the (operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation). It is located in the Ningyocho neighborhood of Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Station layout On the Hibiya Line, ...

on the

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Tokyo City Air Terminal , also known as T-CAT, is a bus terminal for Airport Transport Service, an airport bus operator, in downtown Tokyo, Japan. The terminal is located in Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, beneath Hakozaki Junction, the three-way interchange for Sh ...

, and from the Toei Bus bus stop.

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Hakozaki Facility, IBM Japan, Ltd.
(in Japanese) {{IBM IBM facilities Buildings and structures completed in 1989 1989 establishments in Japan Buildings and structures in Koto, Tokyo

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